J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Autumn Tour of Northern France 1845 > Dieppe and Kent Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sailing Boats off Channel Cliffs 1845

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sailing Boats off Channel Cliffs’ 1845
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Recto:
Sailing Boats off Channel Cliffs 1845
D35561
Turner Bequest CCCLXI 42
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 111 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘42’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXI – 42’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this vigorous sketch appears to show at least one sailing boat at sea. There is a slight continuation on folio 41 verso opposite (D35560), where ‘Cold Light’ may be noted above cliffs, probably on the Channel coast. See the sketchbook’s Introduction for the many slight coastal views scattered through it.

Matthew Imms
September 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Sailing Boats off Channel Cliffs 1845 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-sailing-boats-off-channel-cliffs-r1183981, accessed 26 April 2024.